Documentary Photography – Page 3

November 8, 2010

50 Years Ago … Kennedy on the Campaign Trail

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s presidential election, Life.com has put together a gallery of more than 30 previously unpublished images from the campaign trail. (In fairness, I wish they’d publish a similar gallery of Richard Nixon’s campaign as his may have been the last of its kind.) Looking at the access–of both the press and the...

Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

November 7, 2010

Personal Project, Socially Relevant

The New York Times‘ Lens blog has a piece up on a project done by editorial and advertising photographer Timothy Archibald and his son, Elijah. Elijah is autistic and his father was struggling to deal with that, so he turned to what he knew best–images–to tell their story, to share their world. The blog entry is fascinating in how Archibald...

Good Work/Photojournalism

October 28, 2010

Ansel Adams, Street Shooter

No lie … NPR has a gallery of images Ansel Adams donated to the Los Angeles Public Library in the 1960s. It is very un-Adams like in some frames – tilted horizons that, to me, are fairly jarring in their carelessness. Still, the photos have a historical value … a value that he did not understand at the time of...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 16, 2010

International Relations, Photojournalism and Pelé

Sitting in my office a few minutes ago, a newspaper came sliding under the partially-closed door. My name, in the classic red ink of Professor Conrad Fink, and his initials, above an obit piece on John Varley. It’s an interesting read about a photograph I’ve seen before but didn’t really comprehend that well. Varley, a British news photographer, made the image...

Craft/Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 3, 2010

Uhh, Really? A Musical About an FSA Photographer?

I am as big a fan of Dorothea Lange as you will find. Take away all the issues around her life, just her work alone is amazing stuff. But to make a musical about her life? Uhhh … hmmm … okay, I won’t pass judgement on this. Because, well, I like the overture … oh, wait, I just listened to...

Journalism/Photojournalism

July 31, 2010

The 1930s and 1940s, in Color

I’ve posted links to some similar collections, but the Denver Post has, again, eclipsed everyone else with their collection of color images from the 1930s and 1940s. Maybe it’s just me, but these images are fascinating because we’re so used to seeing the subjects in black and white.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

June 17, 2010

Inside the Mexican Suitcase

A neat look at what may – or may not – be in The Mexican Suitcase, which was brought to light in 2007 containing lost negatives from Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David Seymour. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

Craft/Journalism/Photojournalism

May 17, 2010

The Jazz Loft

In the late 1950s, W. Eugene Smith moved into a New York City apartment building known as the Jazz Loft. He made more than 40,000 images of musicians playing for the fun of it, along with hours and hours of audio recordings. Now, the show is on the road. (Thanks to Abriana Welch for the inadvertent tipoff to the video.)

Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism/Video

February 21, 2010

UGA Alum on the Times’ Lens Blog

Kendrick Brinson, a co-founder of Luceo Images and a Grady College Photojournalism alumni, has her on-going story on Sun City up on the New York Times’ Lens blog. She’s been working on this story for a while, looking at the life of seniors in this Arizona community. It’s a great set of images – full of life, beautiful light and...